It was designed to test that things could be made to orbit the planet.
The first artificial satellite in space was called the Sputnik. The Sputnik satellite was launched on the 4th of October, 1957. It belonged to the Soviet Union.
the name of the first satellite is Sputnik
The first satellite to successfully enter Earth orbit was the so-called "Sputnik-I". Launched on October 4, 1957 from the USSR, it stayed up for about 3 months. It was designed to achieve the greatest possible PR victory just by being there, and didn't study anything ... something like the world's most famous supermodel sent to spend an afternoon walking through the halls of the New York Public Library without stopping.
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Sputnik was an early Russian space satellite.
No one was onboard Sputnik, it was an unmanned satellite.
Sputnik-2
Sputnik 1 was a Russian satellite.
The first satellite in orbit was launched by the Russians on October 4, 1957. The satellite was Sputnik I, and it spurred the USA to launch their own satellite, Explorer I, on January 31, 1958.Sputnik 1
The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was a Soviet satellite named Sputnik I. It was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957, followed by Sputnik 2 in November.
Sputnik
Sputnik - I